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en-usMedical Xpress provides the latest news on diseases, disease research, disease studies, conditions, syndromes, health and medicine. Bug-borne disease monitoring project finds deer ticks on the rise in MidwestA new environmental monitoring project at Indiana University has found increased numbers of the ticks that carry Lyme disease in Southern Indiana.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-bug-borne-disease-deer-midwest.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 15:09:41 EDTnews446393371Molecular network boosts drug resistance and virulence in hospital-acquired bacteriumIn response to antibiotics, a gene regulation network found in the bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii acts to boost both virulence and antibiotic resistance. Edward Geisinger of Tufts University School of Medicine and colleagues present new insights into this system in a study published in PLOS Pathogens.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-molecular-network-boosts-drug-resistance.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 14:00:11 EDTnews446386811Past use of disinfectants and PPE for Ebola could inform future outbreaksData from the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak at two Sierra Leone facilities reveal daily usage rates for disinfectant and personal protective equipment, informing future outbreaks, according to a study published May 24, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Michaela Mallow of International Medical Corps in Los Angeles, CA, and colleagues.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-disinfectants-ppe-ebola-future-outbreaks.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 14:00:09 EDTnews446386424Some veterans at higher risk of Zika complicationsZika virus (ZIKV) has affected roughly half a million people in the Western hemisphere in recent years, including US veterans. Older veterans and those with comorbidities are at an increased risk of hospitalizations and neurological complications after a ZIKV infection, researchers now report in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-veterans-higher-zika-complications.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 14:00:01 EDTnews446386843Confusion around Ebola vaccine hampering DRC outbreak response: MSFConfusion around an unlicensed Ebola vaccine being used in the Democratic Republic of Congo is complicating efforts to rein in an outbreak of the deadly virus, Doctors Without Borders warned Thursday.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-ebola-vaccine-hampering-drc-outbreak.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 13:30:02 EDTnews446386006Congo says confirmed Ebola cases have reached 30; 8 deathsCongo's fight to rein in a deadly Ebola outbreak has authorities crossing the border to buy up available thermometers, a World Health Organization official said, as the health ministry on Thursday announced that confirmed cases had reached 30, including eight deaths.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-congo-ebola-cases-deaths.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 13:20:01 EDTnews446385886Reconstructing Zika's spreadThe urgent threat from Zika virus, which dominated news headlines in the spring and summer of 2016, has passed for now. But research into how Zika and other mosquito-borne infections spread and cause epidemics is still very active. In a paper published May 24 in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, an international team of researchers reports new details of how Zika emerged from Brazil and spread throughout Mexico and Central America, with evidence that some locations had more than one outbreak.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-reconstructing-zika.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 12:35:11 EDTnews446384100What causes chronic fatigue? What we know, don't know and suspectAround 200,000 people in Australia suffer from a debilitating illness often branded with the unfortunate name of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). I say "unfortunate" because this implies patients are simply tired, run-down, burnt-out or overly stressed.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-chronic-fatigue-dont.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 10:30:02 EDTnews446374541Tick bite protection: New CDC study adds to the promise of permethrin-treated clothingThe case for permethrin-treated clothing to prevent tick bites keeps getting stronger.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-cdc-permethrin-treated.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 10:00:02 EDTnews446364118Searching for Ebola's hideoutThere was a certain kind of quiet hopefulness when, in late April 2016, the last Ebola patient of the West African epidemic – a two-year-old boy – walked out of a treatment facility in Monrovia, Liberia. With the smouldering embers of the outbreak fading, there was cause for celebration. But there remained the impotent fear of the unseen: Ebola was still out there, lurking. We just didn't know where it was hiding or when it would be back.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-ebola-hideout.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 09:06:55 EDTnews446371568Congo says Ebola cases have reached 30, warns against rumorsCongo's Ministry of Health said Thursday the number of confirmed Ebola cases has reached 30, including eight deaths in the three affected health zones in the country's Equateur province.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-congo-ebola-cases-rumors.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 09:00:02 EDTnews446370873Rare Nipah virus claims fourth family member in IndiaA fourth member of the same Indian family has died from the rare Nipah virus, officials said Thursday, as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak that has claimed 11 lives.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-rare-nipah-virus-fourth-family.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 08:52:48 EDTnews446370759Pharmacists develop new substance to counteract antimicrobial tuberculosis resistanceAntimicrobial resistance is on the rise worldwide. This is becoming a problem for infectious diseases like tuberculosis as there are only a few active substances available to combat such diseases. Pharmacists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have now found a way to increase the efficacy of a common tuberculosis agent while, at the same time, reducing resistance to it. The research group presents its latest developments in the international journal Molecules.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-pharmacists-substance-counteract-antimicrobial-tuberculosis.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 06:32:12 EDTnews446362319Early lactate measurements appear to improve results for septic patientsOn October 1, 2015, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a bundle of recommendations defining optimal treatment of patients suffering from sepsis, a life-threatening response to infection that causes more than 250,000 deaths each year in the United States.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-hour-abnormal-lactates-patients-sepsis.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 24 May 2018 05:00:02 EDTnews446350171Researchers offer insights into liver disease caused by intravenous nutritionResearch by physician-scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus offers hope for improved quality of life for people who rely on intravenous nutrition due to intestinal damage.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-insights-liver-disease-intravenous-nutrition.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 23 May 2018 16:32:36 EDTnews446311949NIH begins testing Ebola treatment in early-stage trialA first-in-human trial evaluating an experimental treatment for Ebola virus disease has begun at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The Phase 1 clinical trial is examining the safety and tolerability of a single monoclonal antibody called mAb114, which was developed by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of NIH, and their collaborators. Investigators aim to enroll between 18 and 30 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 60. The trial will not expose participants to Ebola virus.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-nih-ebola-treatment-early-stage-trial.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 23 May 2018 14:43:04 EDTnews446305376Zika detection breakthrough a potential lifesaverA cheap and effective tool that could save lives by helping health authorities target mosquitos infected with Zika virus has been developed by researchers from the University of Queensland and colleagues in Brazil.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-zika-breakthrough-potential-lifesaver.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 23 May 2018 14:00:04 EDTnews44630227412 die of cholera in NE Nigeria: officialTwelve people have died of cholera in northeast Nigeria's Adamawa state, the health commissioner said on Wednesday, in the latest outbreak of the disease in the region.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-die-cholera-ne-nigeria.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 23 May 2018 13:00:13 EDTnews446298684Dengue: Investigating antibodies to identify at-risk individualsUsing an original mathematical and statistical analysis method, a team of scientists from the Institut Pasteur partnered with researchers from the United States and Thailand to analyze a Thai cohort that has long been a focus of study for dengue specialists, and obtained new information that should help identify individuals at risk of infection. By modeling changes in antibody levels after successive infections with the different dengue serotypes, the scientists were able to establish a profile of these individuals. The findings will be published online in Nature on May 23, 2018 (AOP), and on May 31st, in the paper version.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-dengue-antibodies-at-risk-individuals.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 23 May 2018 13:00:02 EDTnews446280419Rapamycin lotion reduces facial tumors caused by tuberous sclerosis, team reportsAddressing a critical issue for people with a genetic disorder called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), doctors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) reported that a skin cream containing rapamycin significantly reduced the disfiguring facial tumors affecting more than 90 percent of people with the condition.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-rapamycin-lotion-facial-tumors-tuberous.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 23 May 2018 12:43:39 EDTnews446298210DR Congo Ebola outbreak on 'epidemiological knife edge': WHOAn Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has a clear "potential to expand", WHO warned Wednesday, amid news three people infected with the deadly virus had fled a local hospital.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-dr-congo-ebola-outbreak-epidemiological.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 23 May 2018 12:00:03 EDTnews446295101Fatty liver disease research set to benefit from stem cell advanceScientists have developed a lab-based system for studying the most common type of liver disease, paving the way for research into new therapies.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-fatty-liver-disease-benefit-stem.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 23 May 2018 11:40:20 EDTnews446294412Researchers identify spike in severe black lung disease among former US coal minersThe number of cases of progressive massive fibrosis, the most severe form of black lung disease, has been increasing dramatically among coal workers and especially younger workers in central Appalachia. These new findings represent the first-ever documentation of this spike and were presented by Kirsten Almberg, research assistant professor of environmental and occupational health sciences in the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, at the American Thoracic Society meeting in San Diego on May 22.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-spike-severe-black-lung-disease.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 23 May 2018 11:28:22 EDTnews446293693Hepatitis C infections resulting from medical treatment occur despite clear guidelinesIn a 10 year span, more than 130,000 patients were notified of medical errors that may have exposed them to blood-borne illness, including Hepatitis C. However, the majority of these notification events were discovered only after patients became acutely ill rather than through proactive reporting of violations of health safety protocols, according to a review in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-hepatitis-infections-resulting-medical-treatment.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 23 May 2018 11:27:33 EDTnews446293645When you're sick, the support you'll get may depend on the 'worth' of your diseaseThe name of an illness can affect the level of care a person receives. Cancer sufferers experiencing fear and uncertainty may have access to cancer care centres. Donations and bequests enable these centres to offer everything from accessible parking, to wig and beauty services, to comprehensive clinical care.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-youre-sick-youll-worth-disease.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 23 May 2018 09:47:28 EDTnews446287637Infection blood test of limited value in cutting antibioticsOverall antibiotic use was not curbed by giving physicians the results of biomarker tests in patients with suspected lower respiratory tract infections, according to findings from the Procalcitonin Antibiotic Consensus Trial (ProACT). The national, randomized clinical trial was coordinated by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The results, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, are being presented at the ATS 2018 International Conference in San Diego.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-infection-blood-limited-antibiotics.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesWed, 23 May 2018 08:39:52 EDTnews446283576Superstition stopping Ebola victims from seeking medical careHealth workers fighting Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo have run into an invisible but powerful hurdle—a belief system that deems the disease to be a curse or the result of evil spirits.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-superstition-ebola-victims-medical.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesTue, 22 May 2018 14:30:01 EDTnews446217444Anthropologists heading to DR Congo to ease Ebola vaccinationAfrican health authorities said Tuesday they are preparing to send anthropologists to Democratic Republic of Congo to ensure a vaccination campaign against a deadly Ebola outbreak runs smoothly.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-anthropologists-dr-congo-ease-ebola.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesTue, 22 May 2018 14:16:10 EDTnews446217364Trial demonstrates effectiveness of minimally invasive emphysema treatmentFor patients with severe emphysema, every breath brings equal parts relief and burden. Oxygenated air comes in, but not all the air from the last breath is exhaled. Rather, it becomes trapped in the lungs, caught in large pockets formed by the rupture of the lung's tiny air sacs, known as alveoli.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-trial-effectiveness-minimally-invasive-emphysema.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesTue, 22 May 2018 14:04:00 EDTnews446216628More frequent checks control MRSA in newborns, but can hospitals afford them?The more often a hospital can check its newborns for deadly MRSA germs, the more likely it will be that they are contained, according to a new study.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-frequent-mrsa-newborns-hospitals.html
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